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Euro Hawk Completes First Flight with Sigint Payload
Germany’s Euro Hawk UAS performs its first signals intelligence sensor test flight on January 11 at Manching Air Base, Germany. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)
Germany’s Euro Hawk UAS performs its first signals intelligence sensor test flight on January 11 at Manching Air Base, Germany. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman and EADS Cassidian conducted the first signals intelligence (Sigint) sensor test flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on January 11. The aircraft flew for more than six hours and climbed to 54,000 feet in military-controlled airspace before returning to Manching Air Base in Germany, north of Munich. Bernhard Gerwert, Cassidian CEO, said the payload “showed excellent performance within the perfect interplay of the overall system.”